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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil, Gilding on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 59.1x41.3in
About this artwork
Beauty and brains — can we have both? Hedy Lamarr proves you can. Deemed the most beautiful woman in the world, she helped lay the groundwork for modern communication technologies such as WIFI, GPS and Bluetooth. Born in Vienna to a well-situated family, Hedy Lamarr learned much about science from conversations with her father. After being discovered by a prominent director at age 16,… acting became her main career goal. Eventually, she found her way to Hollywood where she experienced the restraints of sexism for the first time. Beauty somehow meant one had to be dumb, but Hedy Lamarr proved the contrary. An inventor and genius, she was posthumously inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014 showing us that beauty and intelligence do not negate one another, but are both equally wonderful aspects of being a woman.
Painted with oil, diamond dust and silver on canvas.
Adrienne Egger
Austria
Credentials
- International Exposure
- Experienced Artist
- Prizewinner
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
« "I want my art to set off an avalanche of freedom, thereby giving others permission to shine." »
Adrienne Egger’s bold, narrative-driven paintings explore transformation—where strength meets vulnerability, control meets surrender. Blending surrealism, impressionism, and expressionism, she crafts immersive storyscapes of emotion, memory, and possibility. Born in the Rocky Mountains and now in the Austrian Alps, her unconventional upbringing fuels a fascination with life’s contradictions. Her work holds space for reflection and affirms the full spectrum of being, reclaiming complexity as quiet strength. With collectors from Hong Kong to New York and features in luxury publications and auction houses, Adrienne also founded UNARTIG – Avantgarde Art Salon, curating immersive interdisciplinary experiences that foster art, culture, and community. Through Graceland, her nonprofit, she supports transformation at life’s pivotal moments. Her practice spans painting, design, fashion, and coaching, each a thread in her mission to turn life’s raw materials into beauty and insight.